Cody Hoffman shares a moment with parents Rick and Cindy Hoffman after his final game with BYU in December 2013. Triplicate file

Ex-Warrior joins Montreal Alouettes, will be second alum to play in league

Former Del Norte star wide receiver Cody Hoffman is back in the ranks of professional football after signing a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League on Thursday.

Montreal announced Hoffman’s signing along with two other receivers on Thursday. Hoffman, listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 210 pounds, will be joined as newcomers to the Alouettes by receivers Dobson Collins (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) and Kansas State standout Tramaine Thompson (5-foot-8, 168 pounds). Montreal currently has 10 receivers on its depth chart.

Warrior sophomores (from left) Lucas Murphy, Garrett McAlexander, Noah Thomas and Braydon Throop work to secure a defensive rebound for the Del Norte junior varsity team in their final home game of the season against McKinleyville in Thunen Gym. Del Norte Triplicate / Michael Zogg

Del Norte’s JV showed a lot of promise but needs to focus on consistency moving forward

It was an up-and-down season for the Del Norte boys basketball team in 2015 as it went 12-7 with a 3-5 record in Humboldt-Del Norte Big 5 play.

“It was a good season overall. I thought we could have won more games, though,” said Del Norte junior varsity head coach Kevin Baxter. “Every game was a game that we could have won. There wasn’t a single game this year that we went in thinking that the other team was better than us. We had a chance to beat every team if we came out to play. Obviously some games we just didn’t have it, though.”

Four of the five Del Norte spring athletic teams kick off play next week

Although the book hasn’t quite closed on the winter sports season, with several Del Norte wrestlers still alive in the North Coast Section Tournament, the spring sports are ready to kick off their 2015 season.

The boys tennis team will be the first to jump into action when it hosts St. Bernard’s on Saturday, scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

The tennis team has a brand new coach this year as Jim Holt takes over the reins.

Since it is baseball season and I am still not sure which sport is my favorite, football or baseball, baseball wins out for now. The Warriors have had many outstanding young men take to the baseball diamond.

One that many Warrior fans remember for the thrills he provided was 1959 graduate Bill Richardson. Bill was outstanding on both the basketball court and on the baseball field. Bill was not real big, so he was able to play lightweight basketball all four years, making the all league team in his sophomore, junior and senior years.

Warriors falter late on the road as the Cougars pull out a 64-55 victory in the section playoffs

The 12th-seeded Del Norte boys basketball team overcame a slow start to the game and pushed No. 5 Albany to the limit on Tuesday, but the Cougars made a enough big plays down the stretch to escape with a 64-55 victory in the first round of the Division III North Coast Section Playoffs.

The postseason is in full swing in the California wrestling world. The Del Norte wrestling team still had 75 percent of its lineup alive with nine wrestlers heading south to Fremont for the North Coast Section Wrestling Championships on Friday and Saturday.